Car construction.



No-847,503. PATBNTED MAR.19,19 07.\

A. 3.. OSTRANDER.

' UAR CONSTRUCTION. APlfLIOATION IILED JUNE 14,1906.

Inventor-I Allen LOsbPande Witnesses 'OJg KMBM y WW 3 f int-tree sr'rss ALLEN OSTRANDER, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGN OR TO AMERI- CAN CAR &'FOUN DRY COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORA- TION OF NEW JERSEY.

CAB CONSTRUCTION.

l'atented March 19, 1907;

- Application filed June 14, 1906. Serial No. 321,774.

To all whom it mayconoern: v

Beit known that I, ALLEN E. OSTRANDER,

, a citizen of the United States, residing at Paterson, Passaic county, New Jersey, have invented a certain new and useful Improvemerit in Car, onstruction,'of;which the folving drawings, forming part of this specifica tion, in which the figure is a transverse sec- I tional View through a car-wall constructed in accordance with my invention.

This invention relates to the construction 7 of cars, and particularly to the construction of the belt-rail of a passenger-car.

The object of my invention is to provide a strong and rigid construction and still permit the use of-a comparatively light-Weight angle for the belt-rail.

In constructing steel passenger-cars of great length in which the sides of the car carry the load it has heretofore been'necessary to use a bulb-angle of a thicker heavy.

section or having a very wide horizontal leg in order to insure the required strength. The

I of the objectionable featuresabove referreduse ofa bulb angle having a wide horizon tal leg is objectionable, as the horizontalleg projects too far beyond the side wall of the car, while the. use of an anglehaving thick.

legs is objectionable, in that .it-re uires a great deal'of. time and labor tddril holes therein to receive the-rivets or fastening de vices which attach the angle to the side wall of the car. I i My improvedconstruction overcomes both to and permits-the use of acomparatively' 1 wall of the car; i

light-weight angle, or, if desired, an angle'on the outside of the car-wall can be entirely dispensed with, this being accomplished by recessing the vertical posts which carry the side wall and arranging a longitudinally-extending strengthening member in these re-' cesses inside of the lates which form the side have herein shown the vertical posts as being bent inwardly-to form a recess to receive the strengthening member; but, if desired, theposts may be pro-' vided with notches to receive said strength-- ening member, and wherever I have used the term recess in the claims I mean a space which is formed either by bending or notching the posts.

Referring to the drawing, which represents thepreferred form of my invention, 1 and 2 designate, respectively, the lower and upper sills of a car, and 3 designates one of the vertical posts which extend from the lower to the upper sill and carry the plates 5, which form the side wallof the car, said posts being offset inwardly at their lower ends to receive the lower sills. As herein shown, the post 3 consists of an angle; but it will of course be understood that any form of post could be used without departing from the spirit of my.

invention.

' As shown in the drawing, the post 3 is offset inwardly at 4- to form a recess; the other posts being constructed in the same manner, and arranged in these recesses inside of the side-wall plate 5 is a strengthening member consisting of a bar 6, that extends longitudinally of the car and is connected to the posts.

and to the side-wall sheathing-plate 5 by suitable fastening devices 7. A bar 6 of any thickness can be used as the strengthening member, as it is immaterial how far inwardly the posts are oifset, so that it is thus possible to produce a plate-girder car-Wall possessing the re uired strength without increasing the widt of the car, as has heretofore resulted. when a bulb-angle having a wide horizontal leg was used, the sill '1'forIn-. ing the lower chordof the plate-girder and the bar 6 forming the upper chord. Preferaloly a bulb-angle 8 is arranged along the outside of the u per edge of the plate-girder and is connected to the strengthening member preferably'by the same fastening devices which secure said member to the vertical osts and sheathing-plate 5. If desired,

owever, the member 8 could be in the form of a rolled-steel angle instead of a bulb-angle, as herein shown.

While I have herein shown my improved construction as being embodied in a passenger-car, it will of course be understood that other types of cars can be constructed in the same manner without departing from the spirit ofmy invention. be obvious that this same construction of belt-rail could. be embodied in a car in which Furthermore, it willshort side pests used-namely, posts that extended only between thelower sill.

upon the upper face of the horizontal leg of the bulb-angle 8, and maybe connected there- .said chords,

to by rivetsor bolts 10, thereby producing a very neat construction which covers the up-* per edge of the plate-girder that forms the lower half of the carewall, so. that the break" in the wall of the car is completely hidden.

While I have herein shownthe posts 3 as being continuous from the lowerto the upper sills of the car, it should be understood that these osts could be formed intwo sections splice at the belt-rail. T

"Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is a 1. In a car construction, '.a plate girder wall consisting of longitudinally ex-tending upper and lower chords, a plate. connectedto osts arranged on theinside of said late and recessedto receive said upper chor and a bulb-angle extendin longitu dinally along the outside upper edg plate-girder substantially as described.

2. In .a car construction, a plate-girder wall consisting of longitudinall'yeextending upper and. lower chords, a plate connected to said chords, osts arranged on the inside of said late an recessed to receive said upper chor and a bulb-angle extendin lon itu dinally along-the outside upper e ge o the plate-girder and connected to. said upper chord; substantially as described;

In a car construction, a plate-girder wall consisting of longitudinally-extending upper and lower chords, a plate connected to said chords, osts arranged on the inside of said late and recessed to receive said upper chor a bulb-angle arranged along the outside upper edge of said plate, and fastening .deyices passing through the. vertical leg of said angle, the plate, the upper chord and the post; substantially as described.

4. In a passenger-car construction, vertically-arranged posts provided at approximately the-centers thereof with ofisets which extend inwardly to form'recesses, a longitudinally-extending strengthening-bar arranged in these recesses and lying flush with the outer'faces of the posts, and a side-wall plate connected to sai strengthening-bar; substantially as described.

5. In a passenger-car construction, vertically-arranged posts provided at approximately the centers thereofwith ofisets which extend inwardly to form recesses, a'longitudinally extending strengthening bar arranged in these recesses and lying flush with e of the the outer faces of the posts, a side-wall plate connected to said strengthening-bar, and a longitudinally-extending angle arranged on 1 the outer face of said plate and connected to said'bar substantially as described.

6. In a passenger-car construction, vertically-arranged posts provided with recesses, a longi tudinally-extending strengthening-bar arranged in these recesses and lyin flush with the outer faces of the posts, a si e-wall plate connected to said strengthening-bar, a longitudinally-extending angle arranged on the outer face of said plate and connected to said bar, and a plate forming the upper portion of the car-wall and having its lower edge bent laterally to engage the horizontal leg of said angle; substantially as described.

'7. In a passengercar construction, a lower sill, vertically-extending angles connected to said sill to form the osts-of the side wall of the .car and proviriied with recesses intermediate their ends, side plates engaging the outer faces of said posts and connected to the lower sill, a longitudinally-extending strengthening-bar arranged in the recesses of the posts on the inside of the side plates, and a longitudinally-extending bulbangle arranged on the outside OfSfild side plates and connected to said strengtheningar substantially as described.

' 8,. A car com rising a side -wall, metal posts on the inside of said side wall and con structed to receive an approximately straight longitudinally-extending flat metal bar which is arranged'between the side wall and said posts at the belt-rail of the car substantially as described.

9. A car comprising a side wall, a longitui dinally-extending strengthening member arranged on the inside of said wall, metallic posts on the inside of the side wall constructed to receive said strengthening member, and an angle extending arallel to said -stren thening member and prming the beltrail 0 the car; substantially as described.

10. A car comprising metallic osts constructed to receive an approximate y straight strengthening member which extends longitudinally of the car, a side-wall plate connected to the outer faces of said posts and engaging said strengthening member, and a longitudinallyl-extending angle formipg the belt-rail of the car and being connected to said strengthening member; substantially as described. a a

11. In a side-Wall framing for a car, a plurality of vertical metal posts recessed at approximately their centers, and a straight metallic strengthening member extending transversely of said posts and arranged in the recesses thereof substantially as described.

12. A side-wall framing for a car consisting of up'per'and lower sills, a plurality of vertical metallic posts .ofi" set inwardly at their loo ' upper and lower endsto receive said sills, and a" I In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my strengtheninamember extending parallel to signature, in the presence of 'two witnesses, said sills and eing connected to said vertical this-5th day of June, .1906.

posts, said posts being recessed intermediate I V ALLEN E. OSTRANDER. -the up er and lcwer sills to receive. said Witnesses; v 'strengt ening member; substantially es de- ROBT. G. JEF ERY,

scribed. FRED. E. PERRY.- 

